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Allergy ; 72(6): 918-926, 2017 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27873335

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BACKGROUND: Booklice, belonging to the order Psocoptera, are small household insect pests that are distributed worldwide. Liposcelis bostrychophila, a common home-inhabiting species of booklouse, infests old books, sheets of paper, and stored food. Recent entomological and serological studies demonstrated that L. bostrychophila accounted for the majority of detectable insects in house dust and could be a potent inducer of respiratory allergy. Our recent proteomic analysis identified a potent allergenic protein from L. bostrychophila, designated Lip b 1, and determined its partial amino acid sequences. METHODS: Cloning of cDNAs for Lip b 1 was performed by large-scale transcriptome analysis (RNA-seq) and subsequent reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. The full-length amino acid sequences deduced from Lip b 1 cDNAs were bioinformatically analyzed. The recombinant proteins of glutathione S-transferase (GST)-fused Lip b 1 were analyzed by Western blot and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS: Lip b 1 cDNAs encoding two types of 254-amino acid proteins were cloned. The clones shared 87% identity, and the deduced molecular weights and isoelectric points were consistent with those determined in our previous study. The two types of Lip b 1 proteins in the GST-fused form were similarly reactive with sera from allergic patients sensitized with L. bostrychophila. CONCLUSIONS: Lip b 1 is a novel protein possibly causing booklouse allergy.


Assuntos
Alérgenos/isolamento & purificação , Proteínas de Insetos/isolamento & purificação , Ftirápteros/imunologia , Alérgenos/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Clonagem Molecular , DNA Complementar , Humanos , Hipersensibilidade/etiologia , Proteínas de Insetos/genética , Proteínas de Insetos/imunologia , Ftirápteros/química
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Clin Exp Dermatol ; 42(8): 890-894, 2017 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28929531

RESUMO

The density of intraepidermal nerve fibres has been shown to be higher in itchy dry skin than in healthy skin, suggesting that epidermal hyperinnervation is at least partly involved in peripheral itch sensitization. We investigated whether oral administration of milk-derived phospholipids (MPLs) would inhibit epidermal hyperinnervation in a mouse model of dry skin. We found that the number of intraepidermal nerve fibres was significantly lower in the MPL group than in the control group. Expression of nerve growth factor (NGF) levels in the epidermis was significantly decreased by oral administration of MPLs, whereas expression of semaphorin (Sema)3A, a nerve repulsion factor, was increased in the MPL group. These results suggest that dietary MPLs attenuate the penetration of nerve fibres into the epidermis by reducing epidermal NGF levels and increasing Sema3A level. Thus, dietary MPLs may have beneficial effects in the prevention and/or alleviation of dry skin-induced itch by reducing intraepidermal nerve fibre density.


Assuntos
Epiderme/inervação , Fosfolipídeos/farmacologia , Prurido/tratamento farmacológico , Fenômenos Fisiológicos da Pele , Administração Oral , Animais , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos ICR , Leite , Fator de Crescimento Neural/antagonistas & inibidores , Fator de Crescimento Neural/metabolismo , Fosfolipídeos/uso terapêutico , Prurido/metabolismo , Semaforinas/metabolismo
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J Appl Microbiol ; 118(6): 1507-20, 2015 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25728196

RESUMO

AIMS: Horizontal transfer of Staphylococcus aureus pathogenicity islands (SaPIs) plays an important role in acquiring pathogenicity. This study aimed to identify novel SaPIs encoding staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) and to characterize their SE productivity and replication process. METHODS AND RESULTS: Four novel SaPIs (SaPITokyo12413, SaPITokyo11212, SaPITokyo12571 and SaPITokyo12381) were determined using the SaPI scanning method. These SaPIs were composed of mosaic structures containing reported sequences. Four strains harbouring novel SaPIs produced significant amounts of SEs to cause staphylococcal food poisoning (SFP). With focus on the interaction between the replication initiator protein (Rep) and the replication origin (ori sites) that are proposed to be important for the replication of SaPIs, each Rep was prepared and their two functions were confirmed: binding activity to ori sites and helicase activity. These activities were present in the Reps of SaPITokyo11212, SaPITokyo12571 and SaPITokyo12381, but were both absent in the Rep of SaPITokyo12413. CONCLUSIONS: All four novel SaPIs could give sufficient toxicity to Staph. aureus to cause SFP. However, SaPITokyo12413 may be restricted in its replication capacity, suggesting that it lacks transfer ability unlike the other SaPIs. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: This is the first report to identify four novel SE-encoding SaPIs and to examine their toxicity and replication capacity. Because SaPIs deeply participate in SE acquisition, it is important to elucidate their characteristics for understanding Staph. aureus virulence and speculating regarding its evolution as a pathogen.


Assuntos
Ilhas Genômicas , Intoxicação Alimentar Estafilocócica/microbiologia , Staphylococcus aureus/isolamento & purificação , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Enterotoxinas/genética , Enterotoxinas/metabolismo , Humanos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Staphylococcus aureus/classificação , Staphylococcus aureus/genética
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Dig Dis Sci ; 58(8): 2266-74, 2013 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23649375

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Gastric mucus is considered to play an essential role in gastric mucosal defense mechanisms, especially when irritants are present in the stomach. AIM: To investigate the relationship between low-dose aspirin-induced gastropathy and gastric secretory function, especially gastric mucus secretion, in healthy volunteers. METHODS: Thirty male, asymptomatic, Helicobacter pylori pylori-negative healthy volunteers were asked to take 100 mg of enteric-coated aspirin (Bayaspirin) once a day for 10 days. Endoscopic examination was performed before and 3 and 10 days after drug administration. The extent of endoscopically assessed gastric mucosal injury was semi-quantitatively evaluated according to the modified Lanza score. The pentagastrin-stimulated gastric juice was collected for 10 min during the endoscopic examination and subjected to analysis for gastric acid (mEq/10 min) or mucus (mg hexose/10 min) output. RESULTS: Overall, the 10-day aspirin treatment significantly increased gastric mucus secretion from 0.8 (interquartile range 1.7) to 1.6 (1.6) mg hexose/10 min (P < 0.05), with a concomitant and significant decrease in the gastric acid/mucus ratio from 4.3 (5.2) to 2.9 (4.7) (P < 0.01). Subsequent analysis of two subgroups of volunteers categorized according to their endoscopic status ("severe gastropathy" vs. "modest gastropathy") revealed that changes in gastric secretory parameters occurred exclusively in those subjects without severe gastric injury; there was no alteration in these parameters in subjects with severe gastric injury. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study suggest that the reactive increase in gastric mucus secretion is an adaptive defense mechanism against low-dose aspirin-induced gastropathy. In some individuals, such a response may be insufficient to prevent the development of severe mucosal injury and even ulcers and their complications.


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Aspirina/toxicidade , Mucosa Gástrica/metabolismo , Muco/metabolismo , Gastropatias/induzido quimicamente , Adulto , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Fármacos Gastrointestinais/farmacologia , Humanos , Masculino , Pentagastrina/farmacologia , Estômago/efeitos dos fármacos , Adulto Jovem
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Lett Appl Microbiol ; 53(3): 264-70, 2011 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21679199

RESUMO

AIMS: The present study aimed to develop a colony hybridization method for the exhaustive detection and isolation of diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) from samples containing numerous coliform bacteria. METHODS AND RESULTS: Digoxigenin-labelled DNA probes were designed to detect seven pathotypes of DEC based on type-specific genes. A total of 615 meat, food and faeces samples identified as DEC-positive by multiple real-time PCR for the virulence genes (eae, stx, elt, est, virB, aggR, afaB and astA) were analysed by a colony hybridization method, which involved filtering enrichment cultures through hydrophobic grid-membrane filters. DEC were isolated from 72.5% (446/615) of samples by the colony hybridization method but were only detected in 26.3% (162/615) of samples by a conventional culture method. The hybridization method was particularly effective for isolating low-level contaminants, such as enterotoxigenic and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, which were isolated from 51.8% (58/112) of samples identified as positive by PCR for the enterotoxin genes, in contrast to only 4.5% (5/112) of samples analysed by the conventional method. CONCLUSIONS: The developed colony hybridization system allows for the efficient and simultaneous isolation of all DEC pathotypes. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: The colony hybridization system described here permits the sensitive isolation of DEC and represents a suitable tool for ecological investigations of DEC.


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Técnicas Bacteriológicas , Escherichia coli/classificação , Escherichia coli/isolamento & purificação , Fezes/microbiologia , Microbiologia de Alimentos , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase/métodos , Animais , Bovinos , Primers do DNA , Escherichia coli/genética , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/genética , Carne/microbiologia , Hibridização de Ácido Nucleico , Suínos , Fatores de Virulência/genética
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J Exp Med ; 185(2): 281-92, 1997 Jan 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9016877

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Shigella, the causative agents of bacillary dysentery, are capable of invading mammalian cells that are not normally phagocytic. Uptake of bacteria by the mammalian cells is directed by bacterial factors named IpaB, IpaC, and IpaD invasins, in which Ipa invasins secreted into the bacterial environment can interact with alpha5beta1 integrin. We report here that Shigella invasion of epithelial cells requires rho activity, a ras-related GTP-binding protein. The invasive capacity of Shigella flexneri for Chinese hamister ovary (CHO) cells and other epithelial cells were greatly reduced when treated with Clostridium botulinum exoenzyme C3 transferase. Conversely, uptake of bacteria by CHO cells was promoted upon microinjection of an activated rho variant, Val14RhoA. Attachment of S. flexneri to CHO cells can elicit tyrosine phosphorylation of pp125FAK and paxillin, localized accumulation of F-actin, vinculin, and talin, and activation of protein kinase C, which were all blocked by the treatment with C3 transferase. Our results indicate that cellular signal transduction regulated by rho is essential for Shigella invasion of epithelial cells.


Assuntos
Toxinas Botulínicas , Epitélio/microbiologia , Proteínas de Ligação ao GTP/fisiologia , Shigella flexneri/fisiologia , ADP Ribose Transferases/metabolismo , Actinas/metabolismo , Animais , Células CHO , Moléculas de Adesão Celular/metabolismo , Cricetinae , Ativação Enzimática , Epitélio/metabolismo , Epitélio/patologia , Quinase 1 de Adesão Focal , Proteína-Tirosina Quinases de Adesão Focal , Fosforilação , Proteína Quinase C/metabolismo , Proteínas Tirosina Quinases/metabolismo , Talina/metabolismo , Tirosina/metabolismo , Vinculina/metabolismo
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Cancer Genomics Proteomics ; 15(1): 53-60, 2018.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29275362

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BACKGROUND/AIM: Adenoid cystic carcinoma (AdCC) is a rare cancer of the salivary gland with high risk of recurrence and metastasis. Wnt signalling is critical for determining tumor grade in AdCC, as it regulates invasion and migration. ß-catenin dephosphorylation plays an important role in the Wnt pathway, but its underlying molecular mechanism remains unclear. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Because the regulatory subunits of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) drive Wnt signalling via target molecules, including ß-catenin, we used qRT-PCR and immunoblot analysis to investigate the expression of these subunits in an AdCC cell line (ACCS) and a more aggressive subline (ACCS-M). RESULTS: PR55ß was highly expressed in ACCS-M, suggesting its functional importance. In addition, PR55ß expression was associated with tumor grade, with ACCS-M exhibiting higher PR55ß levels. More importantly, knockdown of PR55ß in ACCS-M cells significantly reduced invasiveness and metastatic ability. Furthermore, dephosphorylation and total levels of ß-catenin were dependent on PR55ß in ACCS-M. Finally, we confirmed a correlation between PR55ß staining intensity and histopathological type in human AdCC tissues. CONCLUSION: Our study provides new insight into the interaction between PR55ß and ß-catenin and suggests that PR55ß may be a target for the clinical treatment of AdCC.


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Carcinoma Adenoide Cístico/enzimologia , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/metabolismo , Proteína Fosfatase 2/metabolismo , Neoplasias das Glândulas Salivares/enzimologia , beta Catenina/metabolismo , Transporte Ativo do Núcleo Celular , Animais , Carcinoma Adenoide Cístico/metabolismo , Carcinoma Adenoide Cístico/patologia , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Núcleo Celular/metabolismo , Humanos , Camundongos , Gradação de Tumores , Fosforilação , Neoplasias das Glândulas Salivares/metabolismo , Neoplasias das Glândulas Salivares/patologia
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Anticancer Res ; 38(1): 187-197, 2018 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29277772

RESUMO

BACKGROUND/AIM: Adenoid cystic carcinoma (AdCC) is a malignant tumor that occurs in the salivary glands and frequently metastasizes. The aim of this study was to identify factors mediating AdCC metastasis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We established three AdCC cell lines by orthotropic transplantation and in vivo selection: parental, highly metastatic (ACCS-M-GFP), and lymph node metastatic (ACCS-LN-GFP) cells. RESULTS: We examined the three cell lines. DNA microarray indicated significantly altered processes in ACCS-LN-GFP cells: particularly, the expression of nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT) was enhanced the most. NNMT is associated with tumorigenesis and is a potential tumor biomarker. Concomitantly, we found-significant down-regulation of gap junction protein alpha-1. We suggest that ACCS-LN-GFP cells acquire cancer stem cell features involving the up-regulation of NNMT and the loss of gap junction protein alpha-1, leading to epithelial-mesenchymal transition and consequent AdCC metastasis. CONCLUSION: NNMT is a potential biomarker of AdCC.


Assuntos
Carcinoma Adenoide Cístico/patologia , Conexina 43/metabolismo , Nicotinamida N-Metiltransferase/metabolismo , Neoplasias das Glândulas Salivares/patologia , Animais , Carcinoma Adenoide Cístico/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Movimento Celular , Proliferação de Células , Feminino , Humanos , Camundongos Nus , Neoplasias das Glândulas Salivares/metabolismo
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Neuroscience ; 146(3): 1073-81, 2007 May 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17434686

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It has been shown that polyunsaturated fatty acids such as arachinonic and docosahexanoic acids but not monounsaturated and saturated long-chain fatty acids promote basal and nerve growth factor (NGF)-induced neurite extension of PC12 cells, a line derived from a rat pheochromocytoma. On the other hand, short-chain fatty acids and valproic acid (2-propylpentanoic acid) enhance the growth of neurite processes of the cells only in the presence of inducers. In this study, we demonstrated that straight medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs) at millimolar concentrations alone potently induced neuronal differentiation of PC12 cells. Hexanoic, heptanoic and octanoic acids dose-dependently induced neurite outgrowth of the cells: their maximal effects determined 2 days after addition to the culture medium were more marked than the effect of NGF. PC12 cells exposed to octanoic acid expressed increased levels of the neuronal marker beta-tubulin isotype III. Nonanoic, decanoic, and dodecanoic acids also induced growth of neurite processes, but their maximal effects were less marked than that of octanoic acid. In contrast, the polyunsaturated fatty acid linoleic acid and short-chain fatty acids had only slight or almost no effects on neurite formation in the absence of NGF. The effect of octanoic acid was synergistic with or additive to the effects of NGF and dibutyryl cyclic AMP. Octanoic acid upregulated phosphorylation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), critical signaling molecules in neuronal differentiation, but not phosphorylation of Akt, a signaling molecule downstream of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K). Moreover, growth of neurites induced by octanoic acid was potently inhibited by treatment of cells with the p38 MAPK inhibitor SB203580 and the ERK kinase inhibitor PD98059 but not inhibited and only slightly inhibited by the JNK inhibitor SP600125 and the PI3K inhibitor wortmannin, respectively. Taken together, our results indicate that MCFAs, including octanoic acid, induced neurite outgrowth of PC12 cells in the absence of NGF and suggest that the activation of p38 MAPK and ERK pathways is involved in this process.


Assuntos
Caprilatos/farmacologia , Neuritos/efeitos dos fármacos , Animais , Western Blotting , Bucladesina/farmacologia , Caproatos/farmacologia , Ativação Enzimática/fisiologia , MAP Quinases Reguladas por Sinal Extracelular/fisiologia , Ácidos Heptanoicos/farmacologia , MAP Quinase Quinase 4/metabolismo , Fatores de Crescimento Neural/farmacologia , Células PC12 , Fosforilação , Ratos , Sais de Tetrazólio , Tiazóis , Proteínas Quinases p38 Ativadas por Mitógeno/metabolismo
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J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol ; 16(6): 388-90, 2006.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17153888

RESUMO

A 70-year-old man presenting with a chief complaint of tongue swelling had been diagnosed with prostate cancer 1 year earlier. He had been on an oral angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE) inhibitor for hypertension for 20 years. Two months before the first of 4 episodes of tongue swelling within a period of 40 days, he had been prescribed oral estramustine phosphate (EMP) for the prostate cancer. He was admitted to our hospital for the evaluation after massive swelling of the tongue and epiglottis which necessitated tracheotomy. Food allergies, allergic reactions to environmental factors, and hereditary angioneurotic edema were excluded. Massive swelling of the tongue and epiglottis disappeared completely after EMP was discontinued. We concluded that angioedema was induced by EMP used concurrently with the ACE inhibitor.


Assuntos
Angioedema/induzido quimicamente , Inibidores da Enzima Conversora de Angiotensina/efeitos adversos , Antineoplásicos Hormonais/efeitos adversos , Hipersensibilidade a Drogas/terapia , Estramustina/efeitos adversos , Idoso , Inibidores da Enzima Conversora de Angiotensina/imunologia , Antineoplásicos Hormonais/imunologia , Estramustina/imunologia , Humanos , Masculino , Doenças da Língua/induzido quimicamente , Doenças da Língua/imunologia , Traqueotomia
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Eur J Gynaecol Oncol ; 27(1): 33-8, 2006.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16550965

RESUMO

PURPOSE OF INVESTIGATION: Progestin is reported to suppress the growth of endometrial carcinomas, although its precise mechanism of action is not clear. This study aimed to transfect progesterone receptor-B (PRB) cDNA into endometrial carcinoma cells and investigate the effect of medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) on cell growth, and p21 and p27 expression in the transfectant. METHODS: Immunoblotting for p21 and p27 was performed at predetermined times after the administration of MPA. RESULTS: PR expression was maximally induced in Ishikawa cells at 24 hrs after the transfection. At 1 x 10(-6) M, MPA suppressed the growth of the transfectant by 34% on day 6 and stimulated p21 accumulation at 48 to 72 hrs and p27 accumulation at 48 to 96 hrs after its administration. PRB cDNA was effectively transfected and in the transfectant MPA at 1 x 10(-6) M, the dosage suppressing growth, induced p21 and p27expression. CONCLUSION: p21 and p27 may be related to progesterone-induced growth suppression in human endometrial adenocarcinoma.


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Inibidor de Quinase Dependente de Ciclina p21/efeitos dos fármacos , Inibidor de Quinase Dependente de Ciclina p27/efeitos dos fármacos , Acetato de Medroxiprogesterona/farmacologia , Receptores de Progesterona/metabolismo , Células Tumorais Cultivadas/efeitos dos fármacos , Western Blotting , Ciclo Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Inibidor de Quinase Dependente de Ciclina p21/metabolismo , Inibidor de Quinase Dependente de Ciclina p27/metabolismo , DNA Complementar/análise , Neoplasias do Endométrio/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias do Endométrio/patologia , Feminino , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Estudos de Amostragem , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Transfecção , Células Tumorais Cultivadas/citologia
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Eur J Gynaecol Oncol ; 27(2): 129-34, 2006.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16620053

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We investigated Ang1, Ang2 and Tie2 expressions including balance and intratumoral vessels in the role of angiogenesis of endometrial adenocarcinoma. Immunohistochemical staining was performed on 133 patients with endometrial (endometrioid) adenocarcinoma, including 73 with G1, 34 with G2, and 26 with G3. The levels of Ang1, Ang2 and Tie2 expressions were expressed as staining score. Total vessel count (TVC), microvessel count (MVC) and mean vessel diameter (VD) in the CD34-stained tissues were measured in five hot spot areas at x 200 magnification by image cytometry. These results were compared with high and low vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expressions. Ang1, Ang2, Tie2 and CD34 were expressed in the cytoplasm of tumor cells. A significant correlation was found among Ang1, Ang2 and Tie2 expressions. In high VEGF cases, Ang1 expression was correlated negatively with TVC and MVC, but positively with VD, and the Angl < Ang2 group was significantly higher in TVC and MVC and tended to be smaller in VD than the Ang1 > Ang2 group. VD was significantly larger in G3 than in G1. The Ang1 < Ang2 balance may be one of the key factors for angiogenesis of endometrial carcinoma in the presence of high VEGF expression.


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Adenocarcinoma/genética , Angiopoietina-1/genética , Angiopoietina-2/genética , Neoplasias do Endométrio/genética , Neovascularização Patológica , Receptor TIE-2/genética , Regulação para Cima , Fator A de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular/genética , Adenocarcinoma/metabolismo , Adenocarcinoma/patologia , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Angiopoietina-1/metabolismo , Angiopoietina-2/metabolismo , Neoplasias do Endométrio/metabolismo , Neoplasias do Endométrio/patologia , Feminino , Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Receptor TIE-2/metabolismo , Fator A de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular/metabolismo
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Anticancer Res ; 36(8): 3865-70, 2016 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27466488

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Inhibitor of differentiation or DNA binding 1 (ID1) is overexpressed in human salivary gland cancer (SGC). The insulin growth factor (IGF) system is an attractive target in cancer control because it is associated with various cancer progressions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The human SGC cell line HSY with abundant ID1 was used. ID1 knockdown and its effect on the IGF system were investigated. Cell proliferation and invasion, as well as associated protein expression, were analyzed. Phospho-AKT was also evaluated. RESULTS: ID1 knockdown reduced cell proliferation and invasion, while the expression of proteins associated with malignant phenotypes was altered. IGF-II expression was suppressed, suggesting that this system is one of the mechanisms underlying effects of ID1 in SGC cells. c-Myc was up-regulated, whereas p21 and p27 were down-regulated. Moreover, phospho-AKT was reduced in ID1-knockeddown cells. CONCLUSION: ID1 down-regulation induced parallel changes in the IGF and AKT pathways. The crosstalk of these pathways may enhance malignant phenotypes in SGCs.


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Proteína 1 Inibidora de Diferenciação/genética , Fator de Crescimento Insulin-Like II/genética , Insulina/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-akt/biossíntese , Neoplasias das Glândulas Salivares/genética , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proliferação de Células/genética , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Técnicas de Silenciamento de Genes , Humanos , Insulina/metabolismo , Fator de Crescimento Insulin-Like II/biossíntese , Invasividade Neoplásica/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-akt/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-myc/biossíntese , Neoplasias das Glândulas Salivares/patologia , Transdução de Sinais
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J Hand Surg Eur Vol ; 41(4): 386-91, 2016 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26228700

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Three-dimensional fingertip trajectory was examined under different force levels of the lumbrical muscle to clarify the function of the lumbrical muscle in free index finger motion. The metacarpophalangeal joint balancing effect of the lumbrical muscle in the thumb-up position was also examined. The motions of the finger bones were recorded during simulated contraction of flexor digitorum profundus when different forces (0.000-1.960 N) were applied to the lumbrical muscle in cadaveric specimens. The greater the force with which the lumbrical muscle was pulled, the larger the arc formed by the fingertip, and the greater the rebalancing influence on the metacarpophalangeal joint. This result indicates that the lumbrical muscle functions simultaneously to enlarge the fingertip trajectory and to balance the metacarpophalangeal joint against gravity in the axial plane. A 0.980 N force was ideal for maximal finger movement. The lumbrical muscle rebalanced the metacarpophalangeal joint against gravity in the thumb-up position with a force ⩾0.980 N.


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Simulação por Computador , Dedos/fisiologia , Imageamento Tridimensional , Articulação Metacarpofalângica/fisiologia , Contração Muscular/fisiologia , Músculo Esquelético/fisiologia , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Fenômenos Biomecânicos/fisiologia , Cadáver , Feminino , Dedos/diagnóstico por imagem , Humanos , Masculino , Articulação Metacarpofalângica/diagnóstico por imagem , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Músculo Esquelético/diagnóstico por imagem
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Anticancer Res ; 36(6): 2793-8, 2016 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27272790

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BACKGROUND/AIM: Adenoid cystic carcinoma (SGC) is a common type of salivary gland cancer (SGC). Surgery is the first treatment choice because chemoradiotherapy is usually not effective. Therefore, new treatment modalities are urgently needed. In this study, it was investigated whether the estrogen axis could be a treatment target or not. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) ACCM cells, were used. The specific cell line lacks estrogen receptor (ER). ER was introduced in ACCM cells, and the effect of 17ß-estradiol (E2) was investigated on cell proliferation, cell-cycle distribution, and cell motility. RESULTS: E2 induced cell proliferation, and the S-phase fraction increased in a dose-dependent manner. Cell motility was also up-regulated compared to control cells. CONCLUSION: The estrogen/ER system up-regulated malignant phenotypes in ER-positive ACC, and hormone therapy may have a potential as effective treatment for this malignancy.


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Carcinoma Adenoide Cístico/tratamento farmacológico , Estradiol/farmacologia , Neoplasias das Glândulas Salivares/tratamento farmacológico , Carcinoma Adenoide Cístico/patologia , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Movimento Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Fenótipo , Receptores de Estrogênio/análise , Receptores de Estrogênio/fisiologia , Neoplasias das Glândulas Salivares/patologia
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Anticancer Res ; 36(11): 6071-6075, 2016 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27793934

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BACKGROUND/AIM: Androgens are known to play a critical role in prostate cancer progression, but their effect on malignant phenotypes in salivary gland cancer is unclear. The androgen-androgen receptor (AR) axis may be involved in malignant phenotypes of salivary duct carcinoma (SDC) cells and therefore may be a new target for SDC treatment. To test this hypothesis, we investigated the effect of the androgen 5α-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) on proliferation, migration, and invasiveness of SDC cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We used a wound-healing assay to measure cell migration and a Boyden chamber invasion assay to investigate SDC cell invasive capacity. RESULTS: DHT treatment increased cell proliferation, migration, and invasion. However, treatment with flutamide, an AR inhibitor, blocked the effects of DHT. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that the androgen-AR axis is involved in SDC malignancy and may be an effective therapeutic target for treatment of human SDC.


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Antagonistas de Androgênios/farmacologia , Flutamida/farmacologia , Ductos Salivares/patologia , Neoplasias das Glândulas Salivares/tratamento farmacológico , Humanos , Masculino , Fenótipo , Neoplasias das Glândulas Salivares/patologia
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Cancer Genomics Proteomics ; 13(6): 493-497, 2016.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27807072

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AIM: Inhibitor of DNA-binding (ID) proteins are negative regulators of basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors that generally stimulate cell proliferation and inhibit differentiation. However, the role of ID2 in cancer progression remains ambiguous. Here, we investigated the function of ID2 in ID2-null oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We introduced an ID2 cDNA construct into ID2-null OSCC cells and compared them with empty-vector-transfected cells in terms of cell proliferation, invasion, and activity and expression of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP). RESULTS: ID2 introduction resulted in enhanced malignant phenotypes. The ID2-expressing cells showed increased N-cadherin, vimentin, and E-cadherin expression and epithelial-mesenchymal transition. In addition, cell invasion drastically increased with increased expression and activity of MMP2. Immunoprecipitation revealed a direct interaction between ID2 and zinc finger transcription factor, snail family transcriptional repressor 1 (SNAIL1). CONCLUSION: ID2 expression triggered a malignant phenotype, especially of invasive properties, through the ID2-SNAIL axis. Thus, ID2 represents a potential therapeutic target for OSCC.


Assuntos
Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/genética , Proteína 2 Inibidora de Diferenciação/genética , Metaloproteinase 2 da Matriz/biossíntese , Neoplasias Bucais/genética , Fatores de Transcrição da Família Snail/genética , Caderinas/biossíntese , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/patologia , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/terapia , Diferenciação Celular/genética , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proliferação de Células/genética , Transição Epitelial-Mesenquimal/genética , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Proteína 2 Inibidora de Diferenciação/biossíntese , Metaloproteinase 2 da Matriz/genética , Neoplasias Bucais/patologia , Neoplasias Bucais/terapia , Invasividade Neoplásica/genética , Transdução de Sinais/genética , Vimentina/biossíntese
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Biochim Biophys Acta ; 1199(1): 65-8, 1994 Jan 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8280756

RESUMO

Phospholipids were examined for their potential to interact with botulinum neurotoxin by an in vivo toxin-inactivation assay and a direct binding assay on a thin layer plate. Type E neurotoxin was inactivated by negatively charged phospholipids, phosphatidylserine (PS) and phosphatidylinositol (PI). The toxicity of the neurotoxin was not affected by phosphatidylcholine (PC) without an electric charge or phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) with a positive electric charge. The neurotoxin bound directly to PS and PI but not to PC or PE. These results suggest that the negatively charged phospholipids in the cell membranes are involved in the intoxication mechanism of botulinum neurotoxin. The phospholipids PS and PI were tested for their potential to interact within three domains [L, H-1, and H-2] which compose the neurotoxin. All three domains bound to PS; whereas, PI specifically accepted the binding of the H-1 domain relative to the penetration of the neurotoxin into the lipid membrane. In this paper, we discuss the interaction between the neurotoxin and the lipid membrane in the intoxication mechanism.


Assuntos
Toxinas Botulínicas/toxicidade , Fosfolipídeos/metabolismo , Animais , Toxinas Botulínicas/metabolismo , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Bicamadas Lipídicas/metabolismo , Camundongos , Neurônios/metabolismo , Fosfatidilinositóis/metabolismo , Fosfatidilserinas/metabolismo
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Biochim Biophys Acta ; 1158(3): 333-8, 1993 Nov 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8251534

RESUMO

The acceptor for Clostridium botulinum type B neurotoxin was solubilized from rat brain synaptic membrane with nonionic detergent, nonanoyl-N-methylglucamide (MEGA-9). The solubilized acceptor was assayed for the binding activity by precipitating the acceptor with acetone in the presence of phosphatidylcholine. 125Ilabeled neurotoxin specifically bound to the lipid vesicles having incorporated the acceptor together with gangliosides. The lipid vesicles having incorporated either the acceptor or gangliosides alone showed extremely low binding activity. The treatment of the solubilized acceptor with lysyl endopeptidase and glycopeptidase F but not with sialidase resulted in decreased toxin binding, indicating that the putative acceptor is a glycoprotein accompanying an N-linked carbohydrate moiety. The observations suggest also that a protein acceptor/ganglioside complex may be required to form the functional toxin receptor.


Assuntos
Toxinas Bacterianas/metabolismo , Química Encefálica , Clostridium botulinum/química , Neurotoxinas/metabolismo , Receptores Imunológicos/isolamento & purificação , Membranas Sinápticas/química , Animais , Ligação Proteica , Ratos , Receptores Imunológicos/metabolismo , Solubilidade , Membranas Sinápticas/metabolismo
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Biochim Biophys Acta ; 1156(2): 213-8, 1993 Feb 13.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8427878

RESUMO

A way of fragmentation of Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin was carried out to elucidate the structure-function relationship of neurotoxin. The hitherto only plausible fragment was isolated from the trypsin-treated heavy chain of botulinum type E neurotoxin. In the presence of 4 M urea, one protein peak emerged from QAE-Sephadex column loaded with the heavy chain mildly treated with trypsin by elution with 0.1 M sodium chloride. Although many protein bands were detected in SDS-PAGE of the treated heavy chain, the eluted protein migrated in a single band to the position of 41,000 Da. The recovery of the 41,000-Da fragment was 28.6%, but with a 2 M urea-containing buffer as eluant, the recovery was less than 12%. The 41,000-Da fragment bound to gangliosides GD1a, GT1b, and GQ1b, to which neurotoxin and the heavy chain bound. The 41,000-Da fragment partially interfered with the binding of 125I-labeled neurotoxin to mouse brain synaptosomes. We have proposed a three-fragment structure (L.H-1.H-2) for botulinum type E neurotoxin. The characters of the 41,000-Da fragment described in this paper seem to substantiated our proposal that type E neurotoxin consists of three fragments, L.H-1.H-2, and that the ganglioside-binding fragment is H-2.


Assuntos
Toxinas Botulínicas/isolamento & purificação , Clostridium botulinum/metabolismo , Gangliosídeos/metabolismo , Animais , Sítios de Ligação , Toxinas Botulínicas/química , Toxinas Botulínicas/metabolismo , Camundongos , Modelos Moleculares , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/isolamento & purificação , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/metabolismo , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Sinaptossomos/metabolismo , Tripsina
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